National Society of Film Critics Awards - 2006
by Andre Soares
41st National Society of Film Critics Awards - 2006
The 41st National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) award winners were announced at Sardi’s in New York City on January 6, 2007.
There was no "Best Foreign-Language Film" award this year because the NSFC’s top choice was a non-English-language film — and so were the two runners-up in that category.
2006 National Society of Film Critics Winners - Article
BEST FILM
Pan’s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro (34)
Runners-up: The Death of Mr. Lazarescu directed by Cristi Puiu (31); Letters from Iwo Jima directed by Clint Eastwood (29); also, The Queen and Army of Shadows
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Greengrass, United 93 (21)
Runners-up (tie): Martin Scorsese, The Departed (15) and Guillermo del Toro, Pan’s Labyrinth (15)
BEST NONFICTION FILM
An Inconvenient Truth directed by Davis Guggenheim (26)
Runners-up: Deliver Us from Evil directed by Amy Berg (24); Shut Up & Sing directed by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck (13)
BEST ACTOR
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland (54 - 9 in tiebreaker)
Runners-up: Peter O’Toole, Venus (54 - 8 in tiebreaker); Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson (37); also, Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat; Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed; and Daniel Craig, Casino Royale
BEST ACTRESS
Helen Mirren, The Queen (94)
Runners-up: Laura Dern, Inland Empire (32); Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal (25)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed (28)
Runners-up: Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children (18); Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine (17)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada and A Prairie Home Companion (25)
Runners-up: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls (22); Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson (16)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Peter Morgan, The Queen (67)
Runners-up: William Monahan, The Departed (25); Eric Roth, The Good Shepherd (15)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki, Children of Men (66)
Runners-up: Guillermo Navarro, Pan’s Labyrinth (41); Xiaoding Zhao, Curse of the Golden Flower (10)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM to David Lynch’s labyrinthine Inland Empire, a magnificent and maddening experiment with digital video possibilities.
FILM HERITAGE AWARD to Jean-Pierre Melville’s Army of Shadows (1969), lovingly restored and released by Rialto Pictures for the first time in the United States.
FILM HERITAGE AWARD to the Museum of the Moving Image for presenting the first complete U.S. retrospective of French filmmaker Jacques Rivette, including the premiere American showing of the director’s legendary Out 1 (1971).
2006 National Society of Film Critics Winners - Article
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Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
Korean Film Critics Society Awards
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Online Film Critics Society Awards
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Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
Utah Film Critics Association Awards
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